ORIENTAL RUGS IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.

Language: English

Published by New York - [Greenwich, CT]: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York Graphic Society (distributor), 1973., 1973

0870991248 / 9780870991240

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Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided). x, 353 pages. Hardcover: H 28.5cm x L 20.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed with slight bumping at edges, light toning at edges of dj flaps. Gray cloth with vibrant gilt stamping to front board and spine. Minor soiling to edges. Past owner's ink signature at top of front pastedown now obscured under several short swaths of back marker; faint toning to front and rear free endpapers; a few spots of light soiling scattered upon interior pages which, overall, remain bright and clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Exhaustive catalogue of the 236 rugs in the collection of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. With Introduction by Metropolitan Museum of Art Director Thomas Hoving, Preface (Introduction), numerous b/w photographs/illustrations, section of color plates, and Bibliography. Features eleven chapters titled as: "Techniques of Oriental Rugs," "Rug Weaving and Knotting from Antiquity to the Twelfth Century," "Seljuk Rugs of Asia Minor: Thirteenth Century," Representation of Mongol Rugs in Chinese Paintings," "Rugs of Persia," "Rugs of India," "Rugs of Ottoman Turkey," "Rugs of Spain," "Rugs of the Caucasus," "Rugs of Western Turkestan," and concluding "Rugs of China and Chinese Turkestan" by Jean Mailey. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 4.25 pounds and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0870991248. …

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Title
ORIENTAL RUGS IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.
Author
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. M.S. Dimand [Maurice Sven Dimand] (curator emeritus). Jean Mailey (associate curator). Thomas Hoving (Introduction).
Publisher
New York - [Greenwich, CT]: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York Graphic Society (distributor), 1973.
Publication year
1973
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0870991248
ISBN 13
9780870991240
Edition
1st Edition
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